Photo: 350z33 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Lake Butler are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Lake Butler are A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Poverty touches 3.7% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Only 3% stay in Lake Butler for work; outside it, Orlando is the main destination (22%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lake Butler
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lake Butler
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Butler is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #8 of 638 in Florida. Household income is its strongest input ($182,500, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Butler could be anywhere from A to A+.
In Lake Butler, services account for most jobs
3,643 jobs are based in Lake Butler.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Butler, 2014 → 2024: 1,555 → 3,643. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Butler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Lake Butler: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 8,134 residents head out to work, 235 work right here, and 3,408 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Lake Butler on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Lake Butler ends
Where Lake Butler clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Lake Butler’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Butler workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,189 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Lake Butler
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Lake Butler commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Butler is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #507 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,044 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Lake Butler households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Butler’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000, Lake Butler comes 90th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 70 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 88 | Clark Township NJ | 16,418 | $134K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 89 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 90 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 91 | Lake Zurich IL | 19,868 | $136K | 3.4% | 3.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 92 | Oakland Township MI | 20,631 | $167K | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 119 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
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| 151 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lake Butler, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Lake Butler and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Butler workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Butler | – | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $182,500 |
| Winter Garden | 3% | B | B+ | 27 min | $106,495 |
| Horizon West | under 2% | A | B | 27 min | $127,335 |
| Bay Hill | under 2% | A+ | C | 24 min | $127,763 |
| Ocoee | 2% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $98,911 |
| Gotha | under 2% | — | A | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Winter Garden. Darker towns draw more of Lake Butler’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lake Butler: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Butler?
$182,500 (±$22,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Butler?
3.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Butler?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Butler work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (22%, 14 mi), Lake Buena Vista (9%, 9 mi), Winter Garden (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Butler walkable?
Lake Butler is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Butler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Butler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Butler
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.